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Reece Murphyrmurphy@thelancasternews.com
The S.C. Legislature has elected Lancaster businessman Hugh Mobley to the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees.
Mobley, owner of Mobley Drugs in Lancaster and a 1978 graduate of USC’s School of Pharmacy, will fill the 6th Judicial Circuit seat vacated by S.C. Sen. Greg Gregory, R-16, following his election in April.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
Those who know Wade Chittam well are making sure that his contributions to the University of South Carolina Lancaster will never be forgotten.
The retired science professor now has a scholarship named in his honor.
The Wade Chittam Science Scholarship, which was endowed last month, will be awarded each semester to an established USCL student majoring in one of the sciences.
The student has to have a grade-point average of at least 3.0.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
Police are still investigating a report from a woman who said someone broke into her home while she was sleeping last month.
Lancaster police officers responded to the 2500 block of Pardue Street on June 26 only minutes after a 29-year-old Lancaster woman reported someone stole items from her home while she and her children slept, according to a police department incident report.
Officers arrived at the home a little after 3 a.m. and spoke with the woman, who said she went to sleep about 11 p.m.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
Two Lancaster men were arrested in a strange case relating to a stolen car that was never actually stolen.
On June 23, a Ruth Street resident called Lancaster police officers to report someone had stolen her car the night before.
The woman told officers she parked her brown and gold 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis on the road near her home about 9 p.m. June 22, but noticed it was gone the next morning.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A driver was flown to a Charlotte hospital minutes after being involved in a crash with a logging truck along S.C. 5 Tuesday afternoon.
S.C. Highway Patrol Trooper Billy Elder said a 1993 Honda collided with an empty logging truck along the two-lane road at about 2:10 p.m. The crash happened on the Lancaster County side of the road, about two miles before the York County line.

Waxhaw will hold its Independence Day parade, party and fireworks Monday, July 4. The parade starts at 10 a.m. in downtown Waxhaw. There will be a family-friendly music festival at 5 p.m. and fireworks at 9:30 p.m. at Jackson Station beside CVS. Visit www.waxhaw.com or call (704) 843-3195 for details.

The Lancaster County Forfeited Land Commission met Wednesday, June 29, to seek legal advice from counsel on the Edenmoor development in Indian Land.

The meeting, which lasted about an hour in closed session, came a little over a month after the commission signed a purchase contract May 27 with Charlotte-based developer Eden Ventures and produced just about as much information –little or nothing.